Earlier this year he stated his intentions to turn John Stones into a £50million defender when he told the Daily Mail: "Let me get up to Manchester City and help Stones out, turn it around for him, I could probably turn around Stones in a couple of months.

“He’s made mistakes because he’s doing too much. It’s all about recognising that. If that’s the way I get in to start off, that’s what I want to do. I’d love to do that.”